Chair of Unity Octave
Third Day of the Octave
January 20
Intention of the day
The reconciliation of Anglicans with the Holy See
Hymn: Come Holy Ghost
KNEEL
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,
Vouchsafe within our souls to rest;
Come with thy grace and heavenly aid,
And fill the hearts which thou hast made.STAND
To thee, the Paraclete, we cry;
To thee, the Gift of God most high,
The Fount of life, the Fire of love,
The soul's Anointing from above.The sevenfold gifts of grace are thine,
O Finger of the Hand Divine;
True Promise of the Father thou,
Who dost the tongue with speech endow.Thy light to every sense impart,
And shed thy love in every heart;
Thine own unfailing might supply
To strengthen our infirmity.Drive far away our ghostly foe,
And thine abiding peace bestow;
If thou be our preventing Guide,
No evil can our steps betide.Make thou to us the Father known,
Teach us the eternal Son to own,
Be this our neverchanging creed,
That thou dost from them both proceed.Proper Doxology
All praise be thine, O risen Lord,
From death to endless life restored;
Whom with the Father we adore,
And Holy Ghost, for evermore. Amen.
In the name of the Father, † and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Our Father. Hail Mary.
V. O God, † make speed to save us.
R. O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. (Alleluia.)
(After Septuagesima instead of Alleluia shall be said: All praise be unto thee, O Lord, King of glory everlasting.)
Prayer for the Conversion of England
Let us Pray.
O Jesu, Good Shepherd, look down with favour upon the great and noble English nation. Converted to thee through the labours of St. Augustine and his companions, it was for many centuries rich in fruits of faith and sanctity. So devoted was this nation to thy holy and immaculate Mother that it was known throughout Christendom as the Dowry of Mary. When it was separated from thee in cruel fashion, many hundreds of its people willingly shed their blood in testimony of their loyalty to thee and thy Church. O loving Shepherd of souls, recall this great nation once more to the unity of thy Church, and grant peace of soul to all those now separated from thy flock.
R. Amen.
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary
O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and our own most gentle Queen and Mother, look down in mercy upon England, thy Dowry, and upon us all who greatly hope and trust in thee. Through thee it was that Jesus our Saviour and our Hope was given unto the world; and he hath given thee to us that we might hope still more. Plead for us thy children, whom thou didst receive and accept at the foot of the Cross, O sorrowful Mother. Intercede for our separated English brethren, that they may be united with us in the one true Fold. Pray for us all, dear Mother, that by faith fruitful in good works, we may all deserve to see and praise God together with thee in our heavenly home.
R. Amen.
V. Our Lady of the Atonement, intercede for us.
R. That there may be fulfilled the prayer of thy Divine Son: "That all may be one."
Prayer to the English Martyrs
O ye glorious Martyrs of England, St. Thomas More, St. John Fisher, and your companions, who, to sustain the voice of the supreme head of the true Church against the decrees of a wicked king, did willingly and courageously suffer death, pray now that the great nation to which ye belonged may once more return to the bosom of the Church from which it was so cruelly wrested.
R. Amen.
V. Pray for us, O ye holy Martyrs of England.
R. That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.
A short sermon or instruction
Chair of Unity Octave hymn
That all be one O dearest Lord, we pray,
That all be drawn within Thy one true Fold,
Back to Thy Church from which the wand'rers stray,
And Thy true Faith she keeps, like saints of old.
O bring them back Good Shepherd of the sheep;
And rouse the heathen nations from their sleep.Then those whom thy great servant Gregory
Named "Angels" and to make them such, sent forth
Augustine and his forty monks, to free
From pagan thrall, and give their souls true worth;
Thy Pontiff be today a beacon bright
To lead them into Unity's true light.Then praise we God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Holy Spirit, Three in One,
That one in Him and one together we
In unity may praise the Trinity,
Till all the ransomed fall before His Throne
And give all glory to our God alone. Amen.
Hymn: O Salutáris Hostia
Ant: That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (John 17. 21)
V. I say unto thee, that thou art Peter.
R. And upon this Rock I will build My Church.Let us Pray.
O Lord Jesus Christ, who didst say unto thine Apostles: Peace I leave with you, my Peace I give unto you; look not upon our sins, but on the faith of thy Church, and vouchsafe to grant unto her that peace and unity which are agreeable to thy will. Who livest and reignest God for ever and ever.
R. Amen.
An indulgence of 300 days during the Octave of Prayers for the Unity of the Church from the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter in Rome to the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. A Plenary Indulgence on the usual conditions at the end of the devout exercise.
Let us Pray.
O Lord Jesus Christ, most gracious Saviour of the world, we humbly beg of thee by thy most Sacred Heart, that all the sheep now wandering astray may be converted unto thee, the Shepherd and Bishop of their souls. Who livest and reignest from this time forth for evermore.
R. Amen.
Prayer to our Lady, Help of Christians
O Mary, Virgin Immaculate, our Mother and Mother of our God, thou seest how the catholic Faith is assailed by the devil and the world, that Faith in which we purpose, by the help of God, to live and to die ; do thou, O Help of Christians, renew thy victories as of old, for the salvation of thy children. To thee do we entrust our firm purpose of never joining the assemblies of the hereticks. Do thou, all Holy, offer unto thy Divine Son our resolutions, and obtain from him the graces necessary for us to keep them unto the end. Bring consolation to the Church, support and protect the catholic clergy and people who proclaim thee Queen. Hasten, by the power of thy prayers, the day when all nations shall be gathered together in the one true Fold.
R. Amen.V. O Mary, Help of Christians.
R. Pray for us.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Prayer for Unity
Let us Pray
O GOD the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace: Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divísions. Take away all hatred, prejudice, and error, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly union and concord: that, as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one hope of our calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all; so we may henceforth be all of one heart, and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity, and with one mind and one mouth glorify thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.V. Bless we the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.Benediction
May the Almighty God, the Father, † the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless, preserve, and keep us, this day and for evermore.
R. Amen.
Hymn:
Faith of our Fathers